1396

Events

• September 25 - Bayezid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis.
• The Ottomans capture Vidin, the only remaining Bulgarian state.

Births

• July 31 - Dijon, France, Philip III the Good (Philippe le Bon), Duke of Burgundy (d. 1467)
• Alfonso V of Aragon (d. 1458)
• William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (d. 1450)

Deaths

• July 31 - William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury